Pacers (0-1) at Celtics (1-0) ECF Game 2 5/23/24

[footey]

Tillman available tonight. Would like to see him spell Al.

Me too.  Good news. Just doubt Joe will use him, for whatever reason. He'd defend Myles better than Kornet IMO.

[liam]

Hope we can play harder and smarter tonight. I also hope Joe expands his rotation!

[Donoghus]

FWIW, its worth, Celtics are currently -9 and the O/U is 224.5 on DK.

[SHAQATTACK]

Tillman available tonight. Would like to see him spell Al.

Me too.  Good news. Just doubt Joe will use him, for whatever reason. He'd defend Myles better than Kornet IMO.

+1.    Maybe Joe will read our thread 

[Phantom255x]

Mazzulla will be like “nah Kornet is good enough”.

If he wises up and lets Tillman play that’ll improve our defense a ton out there, even if he may be limited offensively himself. We got other guys who can score in bunches anyways

[Redz]

 

FWIW, its worth, Celtics are currently -9 and the O/U is 224.5 on DK.

I wonder how many playoff games the OG Big 3 Celts would be hugely favored in without Parish in the lineup.

edit: and I'm not trying to compare the two teams, just the level of expectation on this team is astronomical.

[SparzWizard]

Take the points and go with Indy. I think Indy might even win outright since it's the dreaded Game 2 at the struggling TD Garden.

[SHAQATTACK]

FWIW, its worth, Celtics are currently -9 and the O/U is 224.5 on DK.

I wonder how many playoff games the OG Big 3 Celts would be hugely favored in without Parish in the lineup.

edit: and I'm not trying to compare the two teams, just the level of expectation on this team is astronomical.

All good points,  people act like the Pacers suck and will just lay down and hand  the round to Celtics .  I think they have a coaching advantage at the least.  And are good in the underdog role too.  I expect another nail bitter .

[libermaniac]

FWIW, its worth, Celtics are currently -9 and the O/U is 224.5 on DK.

I wonder how many playoff games the OG Big 3 Celts would be hugely favored in without Parish in the lineup.

edit: and I'm not trying to compare the two teams, just the level of expectation on this team is astronomical.

All good points,  people act like the Pacers suck and will just lay down and hand  the round to Celtics .  I think they have a coaching advantage at the least.  And are good in the underdog role too.  I expect another nail bitter .

In terms of coaching advantage - can anybody provide any reason why Carlisle shouldn’t have called a timeout to advance the ball into the front court with 10 seconds left? Perhaps he thought it would be better to have the timeout in case they can’t inbounds the ball within 5 seconds? It seemed like a really bad coaching decision.

[Birdman]

Celtics favor by 9 is mind blowing, now if they had a healthy Porzingus, ok, but Pacers are in the ECF for a reason

[Phantom255x]

Take the points and go with Indy. I think Indy might even win outright since it's the dreaded Game 2 at the struggling TD Garden.

Say it definitively that the Pacers will win 

[Donoghus]

Take the points and go with Indy. I think Indy might even win outright since it's the dreaded Game 2 at the struggling TD Garden.

Say it definitively that the Pacers will win 

Fade & make money?

[Moranis]

Boston wins bug tonight. At least 20. Game will be over by halftime.

[Surferdad]

Here’s what happened in Game 1: C’s jumped out to a 12-0 because Horford had plenty of rest and was fresh. He then faded as the game went on and Kornet is really useless. Don’t quote me +/-, I know what I see.

Joe can say he doesn't trust Q or even Brissett (for small-ball lineup), but I can’t trust Kornet. The matchup with Turner is silly, he doesn’t have a chance. Tonight Joe also has Tillman but he doesn’t trust him either AND he didn’t play him much during the RS and hardly at all in the playoffs. He would rather go with an unathletic, stone-hands, cement shoes 4th string center.

[footey]

Boston wins bug tonight. At least 20. Game will be over by halftime.

You would do that!!